Su'a Cravens

Cravens is a wild card after primarily playing linebacker during his rookie season, but he heads into a starting safety role that should put the former second-round pick in position to accumulate stat...

Cravens may end up staying with the Redskins, Kareem Copeland of The Washington Post reports. "We're not trading [Cravens]," coach Jay Gruden said. "I just saw that on the ticker. He's still a member of this football team and we have every intention of seeing where he's at. I'll have to talk to him and see where he's at mentally. Physically, I know he's going to be in great shape. The big thing is, is this something that he wants to do?"

The Redskins placed Cravens (personal) on the reserve/left squad list Monday, Brian McNally of 106.7 The Fan reports. In a statement, the organization said, "Su'a will not be permitted to return to the club for the remainder of the 2017 NFL season, including the postseason."

Head coach Jay Gruden said Cravens (personal) has four weeks to determine his plans for the future, Stephen Czarda of the Redskins' official site reports. "Number one, and he is taking care of some personal issues and he has a lot to decide for a young man," Gruden said. "If he wants to continue to playing pro football, how he wants to go about it, number one, number two, things that he has to deal with. I think he has got four weeks really to try and get his life in order on and off the field and figure out where his priorities are and what he wants to do."

Cravens, the Redskins’ second-round draft pick in 2016, possesses natural football ability and it showed at USC, where he recorded 86 tackles, 5.5 sacks and two interceptions in 2015. The problem for Washington will be figuring out where he can play, as he worked as both a safety and linebacker in his time at USC. It will likely take a while for the Redskins to determine Cravens’ role in defensive coordinator Joe Barry’s 3-4 scheme, which might hurt his fantasy value this coming season. Right now, Cravens is listed as a backup weakside linebacker to both Ryan Kerrigan and Preston Smith.